Brake mechanism.



PA'ENTED AUG. 27, 190'?.

W H, DOUGLAS.

BRAKE MECHANISM. APPLIUATIGN FILED SEPT. 26. mos.

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free end of the other side mn C2, :md the said lever E able material and fastened by bolts I to the com UNITED. Similis NEW YORK, N. Y.,

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BRAKE MECHANISM.

Specification of Lette-rs lfitent.

Application filed September 26, 1906. Sel-inl No.

To all whom. it muy concern.:

lle it known that I., Winni/m HENRY DOUGLAS, :i eilizen of the United Smiles, 'amd a resident of Bel1eville, in the county of Essex sind Statie of New J ersey. llave invented a. new and improved Brake Mechanism, of which ille following is a ii. Clear, and exact descriplieu.

The invei'iiiou rela/ces to brakes having a. brake Wheel incl n. llexiible band for engagement with the rim f ol' the binlce woeel. I

The. elljeft of the invention is to provide a new and improved bmke mechanism for use on automobiles and dllief machines and arranged to permit the operator to eonvenenlly :Lnrl forcefully apply the brake mechan- I imm wlw-'vowel' it 's desired to do so, and to instantly' release Lilie bleke mechanism when required.

The invention consislfs oi novel l'eziliues'and parts md Combinations ol Elie mime, .vliicll will be more fully l escribed hereinafter and lfll en pointed out in the elnmfs.

A practical embodiment of the invenlionjs represented in "lille accompanying drawings forming a parl. oi llis speeilrczwion, in. which similar characters ol ielerenee lnc'liwile coiresponding pin-ls in all the views.

l ire l. Eneide elevation of llie improvement; Fig. n. enlarged Sectional. plcm view of the mme on the line 2-2 of Fi l ly and Fig. 3 is :in enlarged transverse section el the annie on alle line of Fig. l..

'llm livello wheel or drum l il; secured ou Llie slnzlt or lizzie ll to he bmkecl. The rim A el lille said lmike Wheel A. is adapted lo heengziged al its inner luce by the Side zii-msi or shoes UTC-l nl zineginenml bmlie bund C wie of sleel und belle-,ll orotherwise Heomell al; its middle CV to L lmickel; o1: li ke fixed support; D. (')11 'llie free end 0l the side arm C of the brake band (l is ink-ruined. :1. lever lf. Connected by ai link ll" with the in eoilnecled :it ilus li-ee nml by n, link G with suitable mechanism 'luider the eonlyiol ol the opel-liter, for im pin-ling n swinging mollen 'to (Clie lever E, with 2L View lo apply o1: rflaleasle the brake In` .'lifmism, as hereinafter morefnlly dencribed. The link F is preferably made Coenioiml, Willi n. tum buckle for adjusting the length of 'the link F, to bring the sido arms or shoes C', C2 in proper relation with the rim A of therbmke wheel A. '.llle eide mmf: C, C2 me pyovlded .on the outer faces with coveringla H made of leather, rubber 0r other @uilt lipomling wide min, an plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, nach bolt l having its head I arranged to engage the outer .face of the covering ll. to draw the same into s.

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Tevens C4 ioimml in alle omrennomling; nifl@ man nl ffl C er C. Now A ,lio C l ol llnm ol' sm i.. clamping; bolts l liie novel" y mlnnml lo like coiienpomlinsf Hille zum or nime l :nul properly stretched thereon. no llml when i llo r l". l1 are moved Gummi-(l lle vovel'iugl; :new m Lionel Contact with lille im wheel A.

New when the nevel-.fil paris :ire in the ponllinmy illustrated in Fig. l, ille bnlro wlnsnl or Lllnm 1f; released and when in in dos-fired lo :,ipply 'elle lfifnke mechanism the opel-iler inipznln movement. lo Ille linlz, G in ille direction of lne :i1-row n. Hm :if i :wine lille lever l@ wml Llieieliy inn-s2 lw nido 1min# l. nml Swing outwardly', Finn: movi im nonno-llego in Eric-- tional Contant willi liu-r inner faire o!" ilu-i ilin .l lo lmlllo 'the wheel or fla-lun jf..

New bytlie menstruation llmrrllm-,l il] .l lie sven that. the side :mini or illu. ile); lrozn polini jacent to 'the binelzll: L .um il ille lrr band lms inherent lnloi'iuns loi if. ffl", ("F" lo. Swing' on, When tlm opoizrlln movin lin? l-L G il?, the inverse flireelion ol lli mio'w fr" llio'l Lln side ii-nm (V, U2' linniealizxlely relm'n llo llwii :zon-- Limia gionlhlm by their inni-rml resilielm'lv ihm: i'llw. lnzilw \vl1eelor.:lrun1 il.. 4

The lim-lm nievlianilmi. :llama-r1 -i u? llocvilielljlfr v A' simple :imi llln'nble in mi ln'wlion, :owl permits lille operador in quickly :ind l'rr.\.=.4i-l`1ill;, le wheel of (li-un] fi nml llio ln'irtn lorzmile'l .m'mvillL :infl lie brake inellninimn vri-u lie i'oaillllj, l'ln'own ol whenever). il. is desired 1.o llo no.

.Hw/ing finis leem-limi my' imyonlion. lV and desire lo wenn lf liorimu: llilefil:

L. A. brake n'molmnsln lmvn: :1 lunlm wlxol-I. :l 'brake hand for elgrzmenwnl Willi Uw Vim of lll-. rrllle wheel nml having l'nl'n'l. oovm'iug. nml :i vlmnpngj hoil for dimming the eovln'lny to the l. of Lin .l ill lmml. like :\1 im* lmving; a reoess Por lilo reoepl'mn oi` The coverlngz nenn-rin] under the head of ille mili noli.

In tlslmony whereof have :llenen my nume lo ilils speeltnnlioniin ille pl'esom'o ol' iwo soilvfwrliiini: wilnnnses.

'.l'lwel, al millon nl" Witnesses Timo. llmifnn. IEvnmnn B. MARSHALL.

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